United States · Federal Reserve Note
$1,000 · Series 1934A · New York
Face with Cleveland and a green Treasury seal; back with The United States of America in blackletter and ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. District B / 2. Series 1934A, serial B00411221A.
Catalog facts
- Pick reference
- P#435a · Fr. 2212-B
- Serial number
- B00411221A
- Signatures
- W. A. Julian (Treasurer) and Henry Morgenthau Jr. (Secretary of the Treasury)
- Condition
- Circulated, unslabbed, in a rigid holder (private collection)
- Printage
- Series 1934A, BEP. A small-size high denomination: last printed in 1945, with withdrawal announced on 14 July 1969. This record does not invent a printage by district or BA block.
Face
Back
The note
The Series 1934A $1,000 (Pick 435a, Friedberg 2212-B) is a small-size Federal Reserve Note of the New York district: a circular seal with B, 2s in the four inner corners, and the bank legend “FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK NEW YORK.” The black face with green seal and serials carries Grover Cleveland in an oval — the name CLEVELAND sits under the frame — and, at right, the Treasury seal over a pale 1000. The signatures are W. A. Julian and Henry Morgenthau Jr. The legal-tender clause still promises redemption “in lawful money” at the Treasury or any Federal Reserve Bank. The green back centers “The United States of America” in blackletter and “ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS” in block type, with 1000s in the four corners. This collection piece, circulated and unslabbed, is shown in a rigid holder and is serial B00411221A (BA block). It is neither a star replacement nor a Gold Certificate. It is not Series 1934 without a letter (Fr. 2211-B). It is not the Series 1934A $500 of the same district, serial B00286799A, which already has its own note page. The motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” is not on the back.
The Series 1934A $1,000
Small-size $1,000 notes have carried Cleveland since Series 1928. The U.S. Currency Education Program and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing place the last printings of $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 notes in 1945; on 14 July 1969 the Federal Reserve and the Treasury announced those denominations would be discontinued for lack of use. Outstanding notes remain legal tender: the government has not recalled the paper.
Series 1934A keeps the Julian–Morgenthau signatures. The Bank Note Museum numbers the type P-435a (districts A–J and L). New York is district B / 2. This BA-block piece is not a star replacement. The motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” is not yet on the back.
Scarcity and printage
Federal Reserve $1,000 notes — Series 1928 through 1934C, all twelve districts — were not everyday paper: they served large transfers and were last printed in 1945. The Bank Note Museum numbers 1934A as P-435a. Fr. 2212-B is New York. The type is scarcer than the $10 of the same series; the keys are star replacements, the $5,000 and $10,000 notes, and Series 1934C. This record does not invent a printage by block.
Population
A PMG or PCGS census for serial B00411221A has not been independently verified. The note is shown in a rigid holder, circulated, unslabbed.
Sources
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Bank Note Museum — P-435, Series 1934–1934C $1,000 Federal Reserve Note
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435a: Series 1934A, Julian and Morgenthau signatures; district B = New York.
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U.S. Currency Education Program — History of U.S. Currency
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Last high-denomination printing in 1945; announcement of 14 July 1969.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing — Historical Currency
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On 14 July 1969 the Treasury and the Federal Reserve announced that $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 notes would be discontinued; they were last printed in 1945. They remain legal tender.
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Greysheet — Fr. 2212B, 1934A $1,000 Federal Reserve Note, New York
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Small-size type, green seal, New York district. This record does not quote price columns.